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Soht to take her tongue, at least

"Get away from me!" she screah to hear "Run!"

The woh tis stumbled toward her and she took the axe in both hands and raised it overhead, her ain, panic clawing at her throat, herunder a thaue’s control

Comprehension filled the woman’s face and she scrambled backward She turned to run, but tripped

Scarlet screauish The woman threw her hands up to protect herself Scarlet sla out tears she hadn’t knoere there, and her ar the axe toward the woaround her own heartbeat, Scarlet dared to look up

A form, massive and dark and covered in blood, towered over her Scarlet whis that didn’t come ords "Wolf"

His eyes were as vibrant green as ever, despite beingnose and jaw

Scarlet’s arrip

Herfor a weakness, though there weren’t ht her easily, still gripping the axe while his ar her arms to her sides She screamed with frustration, and she wasn’t sure if it was her own frustration or that of a thaus jostled and kicked and starip He was i his body around her like a cocoon

The thau on to control an easier victi inside her li into Wolf’s e her face in his chest "I almost--I would have--"

"You didn’t"

His voice a little rougher, but still his

Planting her hands on his chest, Scarlet pushed herself away and peered up at his, the sounds of battle were still echoing in her ears, but she hadn’t felt less afraid in days She reached up, hesitant at first, and brushed her fingers over the proe of his brow Wolf grimaced It was the sas

She found the scar on his left eyebrow, and the scar on his ht where she reht she’d kissed hi to Paris